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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Mabel gave Crystal a sweet goodbye kiss this afternoon. She's on her way back to Colorado!

We had a goodbye lunch at El Mexsal, a restaurant in Provo that sells both Mexican and Salvadoran food. You have to go early to get a parking space! Crystal learned to love pupusas on her mission in El Salvador, and we have been eating them ever since!

Crystal and I went down to Salem to visit my mom yesterday. We had fun and did a little genealogy together. Rumor has it we are direct descendants of King James V of Scotland. As, they say in Scotland, "Jings!" (Goodness!)

Then we popped on over to Siro's Place (https://www.facebook.com/SirosPlace/), a new Argentinian Restaurant in Salem. Mom said she'd come back, but didn't know if she could talk her friends into eating outside the box!

Then we popped on over to Brittany's house for a few hours. We would have been there sooner, but spent an hour parked on I-15 in Spanish Fork for some unknown reason. The freeway delay would have been more painful if I hadn't had a Heads Up app on my phone to entertain us!

Friday, February 24, 2017

After 2 1/2 weeks, the kitchen is still an empty shell. A lot went in to making it this way. We're hoping to get the floors stained today. They had to be refinished as our cabinets have a new footprint. The new wall color is gray, but they left the space behind the cabinets unpainted. The hole in the pantry wall is for the refrigerator to push back into so it doesn't jut out into the kitchen.

We are happy we have such a great kitchen in the basement to use during the renovation. We're starting to like it down here! We might even miss it when we move everything back upstairs!

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

We decided to take advantage of President's day, and the lack of rain and go to the zoo yesterday! We've been grilling Mabel so hard on all the animals that we were excited to see if she recognized them in real life! Crystal is feeding Mabel to the lion, here!

She (Mabel, not Crystal) learned how to say seal. This was a close encounter with a sea lion.

John spent a good portion of the visit carrying two kids--Clementine slept in a pack on his chest.

We made a real family pride--with three grandparents and an aunt there with Brittany and John and family!

Afterwards we stopped at Blue Nile to eat Ethiopian food with injera bread. You have to scoop it up with your fingers.

Clementine was very interested in what was going on at lunch! It didn't keep Marti from sampling the African cuisine!

In the evening we came home and enjoyed a homemade apple pie--Crystal's specialty! Yum!

The Nuttalls invited us over to celebrate Ellis' birthday Sunday evening. We always love going over there, as Marti is such a good cook! Brittany made a beautiful birthday cake, and lit it with lots of candles!

Everyone got to take turns holding a baby, although Mabel is getting harder and harder to tie down these days!

John had to wait in line to get his chance to hold little Clementine!

Mabel was sporting her new polar bear outfit and saying cheese for the camera! She's been the lucky recipient of a bunch of hand-me-down clothes from her Texas cousins!

Ed and Coda walked with me this morning to check out the place where I broke my wrist. It was the first time I have walked in 121 days! Between the wrist operation, the cancer and three bad colds, it is the first time I have felt like walking!

Our house is in the white area in the middle of Alpine's Lambert Park. I fell on a very easy trail called Poppy. The east side of the development is public BLM land.

I didn't realize I had saved my walk on that fateful day (October 19th). I forgot to stop the app (Map My Walk) till we were on the way to the hospital, but I was happy it showed where I fell. I actually fell about 15 feet before I turned around. I got up thinking I'd finish the walk, but turned around when I realized I had a serious injury. You can see where I went off the path to get up to the road under construction. Some nice construction workers drove me home!

We circled around and came home on the BLM land.

Apparently, no one takes this sign literally, as there is a significant amount of target shooting just beyond the sign. It appears outdoors people don't consider wasted shotgun shells as litter!

From the top of the path you have a good view of the subdivision that is coming in. The road is paved and we imagine we'll start having some new neighbors soon!

Fortunately, we'll still have plenty of hiking left, and will still be able to enjoy the views of the lake and mountains as we walk. Ed pointed out I would be much better off if I looked down at the path instead. I can't afford to break another wrist!

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

We finished painting my study last month, but waited to take a picture till we got my new desk and easy chair. I love my new desk, with all it's spaciousness! The easy chair is for Ed to sit in when he comes and hangs out with me!

The printer is a little alcove by the closet, and that left plenty of room for my organ on the back wall. I even have a mountain view out my window. I love it!